The Cycle of Life. This seemed a good post to celebrate my Mom's birthday. She would have been 86 on August 9th. Mom was a true North Carolina Southern Belle, always full of life and love.
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| My Mom - Mary Belle McLaurin - early 1940s |
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| Mom - mid- 1940s |
Dad was a staunch Connecticut Yankee. They made quite a pair.
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| My Dad -1942 - army barracks, Ft. Bragg, NC |
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| They married just before Dad left for WWII |
Dad returned from his tour of duty and: Veronica, Frank Jr., Mari, Lauren - (from left)
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| 4 Kids Later - 1950s - a very Merry Christmas |
Unedited scanned photos
28 comments:
straight from pages of history . Nice way to celebrate your mom b'day .
I love these old family photos. :D
lovely Mari your family must have a wonderful history...
Like all families we have our share of odd Uncles, strange Aunts, and wacko 60s hold-outs :D But the histories and traditions of a Northern USA family vs. a Southern USA family is quite ummmmm - intense lol.
I see where you get your beauty Mari. This woman, this true NC Southern Belle,
reminds me of my mother is these sepia photos.
And your dad, what a dashing thing! Fort Bragg is not that far. Love these old pictures.
Wonderful way to remember your mother on her birthday -- love it! Those pics are so special.
Oh Mari,
I know that you will be missing your mother tomorrow. She was a beautiful lady and you were a beautiful little girl..
lovely dedication to your mommy..
xoxox
Jess
They were a dashing couple in their time! We spent our growing up summers in NC and winters in CT where we were schooled. Love that southern cooking!! :D
Thank you for your comment. I love the old sepia photos too.
We lost Mom so suddenly - it was a horrible shock. Within 2 hours she was gone. I still get tearful and I'm 65. Loosing ones Mom is so tough! Dad too. Thank you, Jess xxoo
It would have been hard for any 21 year old guy to leave such a young and beautiful bride behind.
Mari there is no wonder that you are so beautiful yourself. You come from incredibly good looking parents! I just adore looking at old pics. These must be so precious for you...
You had gorgeous parents Mari. I am sure you all share wonderful moments together as a family
Hi mari, your mom looks so demure and has beautiful eyes... great way to archive her birthday in your blog. You do look very cute over there :)
What beautiful photos and cherished memories!
Wow Nice tribute
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Yes Jim. They were married for a very short time before Dad was sent to different areas in Europe including Germany. He was a front line infantry medic. When I was about 14 I found an old shoe box of love letters tied with a blue ribbon. Most were the letters Dad sent home, many were letters he'd managed to keep from Mom and bring back. Sadly, I don't know what ever happened to them but Dad suffered post-traumatic problems like many soldiers and I think all war reminders were removed from the house. What a wonderful legacy those would be along with the old photos. Sorry for the long reply.
Thank you Kriti. I am slowly getting my old photos upload to my computer and backed up to CD so my kids will have them. :D
We did. Camping, fishing, holidays were all special. I still love to trout fish when I visit my brother. :D
I love old family photos. I have some dating back to the Victorian Era and quite a few old family tintypes. The oldest always have the man sitting regally and the woman obediently standing behind him. How things have changed for most cultures.
Thanks Jim. I loved your post also.
cooking varieties (wan maznah) noreply-comment@blogger.com to meshow details 5:56 AM (8 hours ago)cooking varieties (wan maznah) has left a new comment on your post "Magnificent Monday-The Cycle of Life": Hi mari, your mom looks so demure and has beautiful eyes... great way to archive her birthday in your blog. You do look very cute over there :)
Thank you, Wan.
Thanks for sharing the vintage photos and story of your parents!! Sure they were wonderful people and no doubt you have many great memories of time spent together!!
Mom and Dad met very romantically. Dad, from Connecticut, was stationed at Ft. Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina for military training. Mom was from Fayetteville. Dad saw her shopping with her girlfriends and manged to find out where she lived. He started "courting" her. Her dad had a fit! She was young and Dad was a Damn Yankee. They courted and like many military couples decided to get married before Dad was shipped out. They eloped and my grand-dad went looking for them with his shotgun in tow, hoping to head off the wedding and scare my Dad off. When Dad returned from the war, my grand-parents very quickly learned to love my Dad. I have years of wonderful memories of family get togethers. I guess I should have put this in my post :D
Yes indeed - many great memories!
It was very nice to see your Parents' pictures. They both look very handsome. Sounds like a little WWWII romantic movie the way both of them met. You had an eye on the camera even when you were little :D
Twitting and stumling.
It was romantic, wasn't it. I wish I had thought to put the story in my post. Oh well. And I did like mugging for the camera :D
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